Judo

About

Judo is a modern martial art and combat Olympic sport. It is one of the most popular martial arts in the world. Judo is a martial art based around throwing and submitting your opponent. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an opponent to submit by joint locking or by executing a strangle hold or choke. Strikes and thrusts by hands and feet as well as weapons defences are a part of judo, but only in pre-arranged forms (kata) and are not allowed in judo competition or free practice (randori).

Fights from Sweeden 2006

History

NUI Galway Judo Club was founded in 1965. We are the oldest and most successful martial arts club in NUI Galway. We have won over 20 intervarsities team titles in both Men's and Women's events. Most recently the 2012 intervarsities held in Queens University Belfast.

Achievements

CUSAI Intervarsities of the year award 2009/2010.

Intervarsities

2011/2012 Intervarsity Team Champions

Holders of Record for most Gold Medals brought back from a single Intervarsities